1-Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog 2-Screaming Females - All at Once 3-Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer 4-Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel 5-The Breeders - All Nerve 6-Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard
Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Re: Albums of 2018
Sun May 27, 2018 9:01 pm
washing machine wrote:I feel like Sparkle Hard might finally be the album that introduces Malkmus’s oddball songwriting to casual fans. It’s such a well rounded album.
yeah and i take back my prior criticisms. The whole thing flows really well.
washing machine wrote:I feel like Sparkle Hard might finally be the album that introduces Malkmus’s oddball songwriting to casual fans. It’s such a well rounded album.
yeah and i take back my prior criticisms. The whole thing flows really well.
Solid Silk and Middle America are two of the best songs Wilco never wrote.
iAbuseAnimals wrote:Ganser - Odd Talk Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends Sarah Louise - Deeper Woods E - Negative Work Earthless - Black Heaven
E from Eels?
No it's a band
the new Parquet Courts should have been on my list too
I was about to interject to say that me and trag have similar taste in these sorts of things, but then I realized that you were quoting Jorge. Damn you, mobile mode RM.
Gaz Coombes of Supergrass fame released a solo this year, World's Strongest Man. As you'd expect, bit of funk overtones here, over a poppy base. At its best it's very good. Here's "Walk the Walk":
Gave Soccer Mommy a listen on the way home yesterday. Maybe not the best music for a bike ride, but I was definitely intrigued enough to want to listen again.
Higgs wrote:Gaz Coombes of Supergrass fame released a solo this year, World's Strongest Man. As you'd expect, bit of funk overtones here, over a poppy base.
I downloaded this on Spotify the other day, will give it a listen soon.
in no particular order, and i know i'm not thinking of everything. but so far, my faves of the year have been:
The Breeders – All Nerve Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex and Food Sleep – The Sciences Jon Hopkins – Singularity Thunderpussy - S/T GAS – Rausch Beach House – 7 Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo A.A.L. – 2012-2017 Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar Earth House Hold – Never Forget Us
Beautiful stuff. Features Linda May Han Oh, who made one of my favorite albums of last year Walk Against Wind, on the double bass
Re: Albums of 2018
Tue May 29, 2018 7:56 pm
early 2018 favs:
Lord Huron - Vide Noir S. Carey - Hundred Acres Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed Trampled by Turtles - Life Is Good on the Open Road Marie/Lepanto - Tenkiller Field Report - Summertime Songs John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness Beach House - 7
shoe-ins that aren't out yet:
Phil Cook - People Are My Drug Neko Case - Hell-On